[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Dec. 16

[Steve Rourke]

Born:
1485: Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of England's King Henry VIII
1587 Alexander Adriaenssen Flemish painter

Deaths:
0370: Death of St. Eusebius of Vercelli
0429 Honoratius of Arles bishop/saint, dies
0714: Death of Pepin II, ruler of France
0882: Murder of Pope John VIII
1343 Robert of Anjou king (Naples), dies
1515: Death of Alfonso d'Albuquerque
1594: Anne Balfour burned in Scotland as a witch
1595 Murad III sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies


Other Events:
0308 St Marcellus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0882: Election of Pope Marinus I
1219 Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed
1325 Laure de Noves, beloved of Petrarch, marries Hugues de Sade
1431: Coronation of Henry VI, King of England, as King of France
1493 Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip
1531 English Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting
1547 Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Russia
1556 Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain
1581 English parliament passes laws against Catholicism


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